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From the Movie Corpse Bride
选自电影《僵尸新娘》
故事梗概：19世纪欧洲的一个村庄，一个叫作维克多的男青年回家完婚。行走在阴森的树林中，为了让即将到来的婚礼更加完美，他决定要做一次演习。于是，他单膝跪在地上，开玩笑似地把结婚戒指套在面前的一根树枝上，讲出了自己的新婚誓言。那个树枝竟忽然间变成一根腐烂的手指，一个身披婚纱的女子破土而出，她自称是被谋杀的，更令人无法接受的是，她确定自己就是面前这个傻小子维克多的合法妻子。于是维克多被引进了另一个世界里，并和这位僵尸新娘完婚。他要面对两个要和自己结婚的姑娘，生死两界，两难之间，维克多必须作出抉择……
Elder Gutknecht: My dear, we have to talk.
Maggot: Let me tell her, please. Let me tell her.
Corpse Bride: What?
Elder Gutknecht: There is a 1)complication with your marriage.
Corpse Bride: I don’t understand.
Elder Gutknecht: ①The 2)vows are binding only until death do you part.
Corpse Bride: What are you saying?
Elder Gutknecht: Death has already parted you.
Corpse Bride: If he finds out, he’ll leave. There must be something you can do.
Elder Gutknecht: Well, there is one way.
Maggot: Oh, please, please, let me tell her.
Elder Gutknecht: It requires the greatest 3)sacrifice.
Maggot: Go on, ②get to the good part.
Corpse Bride: What is it?
Maggot: We have to kill him!
Corpse Bride: What?
Elder Gutknecht: Victor would have to give up the life he had forever. He would need to repeat his vows in the land of the living and drink from the wine of ages.
Corpse Bride: Poison!
Elder Gutknecht: This would stop his heart forever. Only then would he be free to give it to you.
Corpse Bride: ③I could never ask him.
Victor Van Dort: You don’t have to. I’ll do it.
Elder Gutknecht: My boy, if you choose this path you may never return to the world above. Do you understand?
Victor Van Dort: I do.
古老头：好孩子，我们得谈谈。
蛆虫：让我来告诉她，求你了，让我来告诉她。
僵尸新娘：什么事？
古老头：你的婚姻出了点问题。
僵尸新娘：我不明白。
古老头：结婚誓言说你们到死才能分开。
僵尸新娘：你想说什么？
古老头：你的死已经让你和他分开了。
僵尸新娘：他要是知道这个，肯定会离我而去的。你一定有什么办法。
古老头：呃，办法只有一个。
蛆虫：求你了，求你了，让我来告诉她吧。
古老头：对方必须作出最大的牺牲。
蛆虫：快说最精彩的地方吧。
僵尸新娘：什么牺牲？
蛆虫：我们必须杀死他。
僵尸新娘：什么？
古老头：维克多必须永远放弃他的生命。他必须在阳间重复他的婚誓，然后再喝下寿终酒。
僵尸新娘：毒酒！
古老头：这会使他的心永远停止跳动。这样一来你才能得到他的心。
僵尸新娘：我不可能要求他这么做。
维克多：你不必要求，我愿意。
古老头：孩子，如果你选择了这条路，你将永远无法回到阳世了。你明白吗？
维克多：我明白。
Smart Sentences
①The vows are binding only until death do you part. 结婚誓言说你们到死才能分开。
☆binding: a promise or agreement must be obeyed or carried out，承诺或协议等有约束力，必须被遵守。
e.g. The decision is unofficial and not binding on all parties.
此决定是非正式的，对各方都无约束力。
☆death do you part: until death may part you，直到死亡把你们分开。这个句子用了虚拟语气，因此不用“death does you part”而直接用do即可。
e.g. I’ll never leave you until death do us part.
我永远不会离开你，直到死亡把我们分开。
suitable occasion: oral & writing, formal
②get to the good part. 说最精彩的地方吧。
☆get to: reach a phase or state or condition，达到某一阶段或某一部分。
e.g. Their argument got to a stage of pointless anger.
他们的争论到了无谓吵闹的地步。
suitable occasion: oral, informal
③I could never ask him. 我不可能要求他这么做。
I could never ask him. = I can’t possibly ask him to do that. = It’s impossible for me to ask him to do that.
☆could: expressing strong feeling about sth，用以表达对某事的强烈情感。
e.g. I could break your arm.
别以为我不会打断人的手。
suitable occasion: oral, formal & informal
选自电影《僵尸新娘》
故事梗概：19世纪欧洲的一个村庄，一个叫作维克多的男青年回家完婚。行走在阴森的树林中，为了让即将到来的婚礼更加完美，他决定要做一次演习。于是，他单膝跪在地上，开玩笑似地把结婚戒指套在面前的一根树枝上，讲出了自己的新婚誓言。那个树枝竟忽然间变成一根腐烂的手指，一个身披婚纱的女子破土而出，她自称是被谋杀的，更令人无法接受的是，她确定自己就是面前这个傻小子维克多的合法妻子。于是维克多被引进了另一个世界里，并和这位僵尸新娘完婚。他要面对两个要和自己结婚的姑娘，生死两界，两难之间，维克多必须作出抉择……
Elder Gutknecht: My dear, we have to talk.
Maggot: Let me tell her, please. Let me tell her.
Corpse Bride: What?
Elder Gutknecht: There is a 1)complication with your marriage.
Corpse Bride: I don’t understand.
Elder Gutknecht: ①The 2)vows are binding only until death do you part.
Corpse Bride: What are you saying?
Elder Gutknecht: Death has already parted you.
Corpse Bride: If he finds out, he’ll leave. There must be something you can do.
Elder Gutknecht: Well, there is one way.
Maggot: Oh, please, please, let me tell her.
Elder Gutknecht: It requires the greatest 3)sacrifice.
Maggot: Go on, ②get to the good part.
Corpse Bride: What is it?
Maggot: We have to kill him!
Corpse Bride: What?
Elder Gutknecht: Victor would have to give up the life he had forever. He would need to repeat his vows in the land of the living and drink from the wine of ages.
Corpse Bride: Poison!
Elder Gutknecht: This would stop his heart forever. Only then would he be free to give it to you.
Corpse Bride: ③I could never ask him.
Victor Van Dort: You don’t have to. I’ll do it.
Elder Gutknecht: My boy, if you choose this path you may never return to the world above. Do you understand?
Victor Van Dort: I do.
古老头：好孩子，我们得谈谈。
蛆虫：让我来告诉她，求你了，让我来告诉她。
僵尸新娘：什么事？
古老头：你的婚姻出了点问题。
僵尸新娘：我不明白。
古老头：结婚誓言说你们到死才能分开。
僵尸新娘：你想说什么？
古老头：你的死已经让你和他分开了。
僵尸新娘：他要是知道这个，肯定会离我而去的。你一定有什么办法。
古老头：呃，办法只有一个。
蛆虫：求你了，求你了，让我来告诉她吧。
古老头：对方必须作出最大的牺牲。
蛆虫：快说最精彩的地方吧。
僵尸新娘：什么牺牲？
蛆虫：我们必须杀死他。
僵尸新娘：什么？
古老头：维克多必须永远放弃他的生命。他必须在阳间重复他的婚誓，然后再喝下寿终酒。
僵尸新娘：毒酒！
古老头：这会使他的心永远停止跳动。这样一来你才能得到他的心。
僵尸新娘：我不可能要求他这么做。
维克多：你不必要求，我愿意。
古老头：孩子，如果你选择了这条路，你将永远无法回到阳世了。你明白吗？
维克多：我明白。
Smart Sentences
①The vows are binding only until death do you part. 结婚誓言说你们到死才能分开。
☆binding: a promise or agreement must be obeyed or carried out，承诺或协议等有约束力，必须被遵守。
e.g. The decision is unofficial and not binding on all parties.
此决定是非正式的，对各方都无约束力。
☆death do you part: until death may part you，直到死亡把你们分开。这个句子用了虚拟语气，因此不用“death does you part”而直接用do即可。
e.g. I’ll never leave you until death do us part.
我永远不会离开你，直到死亡把我们分开。
suitable occasion: oral & writing, formal
②get to the good part. 说最精彩的地方吧。
☆get to: reach a phase or state or condition，达到某一阶段或某一部分。
e.g. Their argument got to a stage of pointless anger.
他们的争论到了无谓吵闹的地步。
suitable occasion: oral, informal
③I could never ask him. 我不可能要求他这么做。
I could never ask him. = I can’t possibly ask him to do that. = It’s impossible for me to ask him to do that.
☆could: expressing strong feeling about sth，用以表达对某事的强烈情感。
e.g. I could break your arm.
别以为我不会打断人的手。
suitable occasion: oral, formal & informal